Etihad Guest, Etihad Airways’ award-winning loyalty program, has just been awarded “Editors Special Award” for WalletPlus™, by Cards International, for its new reloadable multi-currency prepaid Visa card that lets travellers earn Etihad Guest Miles as they shop at millions of Visa merchants worldwide.

The award, received
in recognition of WalletPlus™ being one of the most
innovative loyalty card products in the region, was presented to Shyam
Sunder Iyer, Manager Partnerships at Etihad Guest LLC, at the Prepaid Summit
Middle East 2015 conference in Dubai.

The significant
benefit of WalletPlus™ is that members pre-load travel money in their home currency onto
their Etihad Guest card and convert it to 10 different foreign currencies to
spend whenever they are travelling abroad.

Pre-loading
the card also means that members are immediately able to spend in the local
currency upon arrival in another country, without having to first exchange or
transfer funds at a bank or foreign exchange.

Yasser Al Yousuf, Managing Director, Etihad Guest LLC, said:
“WalletPlus™ is a highly innovative product and the first of its kind in the
region which eases the complexity of making payments when travelling overseas. To
win this award so shortly after launching WalletPlus™ in the UAE is a
tremendous achievement and a resounding endorsement that we are on the right
course.”

The new WalletPlus™
card adds the following benefits to the award-winning Etihad Guest loyalty card
program:

Go
Global - Brought to you by Visa, Etihad Guest card
with WalletPlus™ can be used at tens of millions of global merchants and you’ll
be able to withdraw at more than 2.1 million ATMs. Gold
and Platinum members can also make secure contactless payments using Visa
payWave, by simply waving their card when prompted near a secure contactless
reader.

Plan
Your Travel Spending – Lock in the exchange rate
when you transfer funds to a foreign currency wallet so you know how much you
can spend.

Enjoy
Peace Of Mind – Unlike cash, if the card is lost or
stolen, funds can be put on hold and a new card replacement offered, in
addition to the protection available from the Chip and PIN security features of
the card.

Additionally, Etihad
Guest members can download the Walletplus™
mobile application, available for iOS and Android users, to access account
balance and transaction history, transfer money to other Guest members with an
activated Walletplus™ account (UAE Dirham only),
review where to load options, and report a card lost/stolen.

WalletPlus™ cards will be sent to members in the UAE in April. To learn more about the new Etihad Guest walletplus™
program and the complete list of features and benefits, please visit: www.etihadguest.com/walletplus